Check out the string taglibs. http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/string-doc/intro.html
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/16/2003 04:30 PM Please respond to "Tag Libraries Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject truncating text with JSTL Im trying to find out if there are any string manipulation functions in jstl because im tryong to truncate a sentence for example i want to only display the first 10 characters of a sentence. Im looking for something that would allow me to do something like <c:out value="{$left(sentence,10)}" /> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]